Road Safety Data In Africa : A Proposed Minimum Set of Road Safety Indicators for Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting
Road safety in Africa remains a big challenge. Globally, Africa has the highest fatality rate of all the continents, despite having the lowest motorization rate and smallest road infrastructure network. Through the Global Plan for the Decade of Act...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099015103232236266/P15331704d332f0430b90a081f4c34d90fa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37235 |
| Summary: | Road safety in Africa remains a big
challenge. Globally, Africa has the highest fatality rate of
all the continents, despite having the lowest motorization
rate and smallest road infrastructure network. Through the
Global Plan for the Decade of Action (2011-2020), the
African Road Safety Action Plan, the African Road Safety
Charter, and the targets set out in the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), Africa has made strong commitments
to improve road safety outcomes on the continent. However,
documents assessing the magnitude of the problem show that
there exists a need to address it by implementing effective
and efficient interventions, which require determination,
professional qualification, and personnel and economic
resources. In order to make informed decisions on effective
interventions to mitigate this challenge, a deeper analysis
of the road safety-related environment in the region is
required. This document outlines a process that began in
2017 to define a common set of indicators to be collected,
analyzed, and monitored by African countries, as part of
their efforts to improve road safety in Africa. |
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